New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-22
RUMORS ABOUT STANLEY.

The conf citing reports respecting MIR. Stan
ley's expedition are as easily separated rs
wheat from chatf. A spatcn from st.
Tnomcs, West Africa, rece we'd at Brussels,
the headquarters of the Internal. onal As,o-
cation, states that the explorer arrived at
the confluence Of the Aruwi.ui and the Congo
on June and set cut at once for WadcLi,
Emin Bey's intienched camp. his was the
date fixed for his arrival at the Aruwimi,
which is 1,266 miles from the mouth Of the
Congo, and although he has met with I'M
expected obstacles and dcten ions he may
have carried out his plans. From this point
no was to push On overland Rough uncl-
plorcd teri tory $50 miles to WLdclai. APP
palently there has been ample lin, for cou-
riers to reach the Lower Congo with the news
of the arrival Of The expedition, and II would
be gu cllly communicated to either ST. Thorn
as or St. Paul de LoanIa, which are con-
nected with Lisbon by cable This dispatch
is wholly credible, although it is not in full
accord with the latest letters and dispatches
fiom the expedition.
A dispatch from st. Paul de LcaIda.
dated July T. stated that the country from
Stanley Pool to Lukolela AMI hey nj was
famine stricken, and that the difficulties OF
reyictul ling hal detained the expedition
Mr.. Stanley himself had suffered greatly from
excessive heat. and had fo4nl it necessary
to act with much severity in order TO main
tain order AMI discip inc among the men.
As the exped ton did not leave Bolobo unit
May IL, it was not thought possible to form
ftke camp at the mouth of the Aruwmi before
June 6. Tippoo lib had been sent Oh in
~ b., 10
| ley Falls, to engage several hundreds OF men
| and to return to the Aruwini wi supple,
| for the main party. In view OF these facts
| it seems improbable thai Mr.. st, nley shou
have saved four days, arriving on the "a
| instead of the 9th, and should then have
pushed on Immediately for Walcla. TIL
| preparations for the overland march woul
| apparently have required a halt. An in
| trenched camp was to be formed, TIppoC
| Tbs supplies would have to be taken in
hand and many details settled before The
arduous and dangerous land march could
be undertaken. 1t is possible, therefore, that
| the announcement of the arrival of the ex-
| pedtion at the Aruwimi and its immcdia c
departure for Wadelai is premature. Even
| il Mr.. Stanley carried out his orisinal. plan
| without change of date, it is hardly credible
that he should have STATED at once upon
the overland march.
The rumors respecting Mr.. SANKEY'S death
are clearly unworthy of cIcdence. One Is to
the effect that he was shot dead while at
tempting to obtain supplies from the natives,
! and another recounts the sinking of one of
his steamers and the explorers death by
\ drowning. These stories are reported to
have been told to a missionary at Matadi,
station on the Lower Congo, by native
from "up country Matadi is at least q
thousand miles from the stations reached by
Mr.. Stanley by the middle of May, and it is
grossly improbable that natives should have
carried the news Of his death so quickly to
tho missionaries q hundred miles from tho
mouth of the Congo. These p infu reports
are wholly disceditcd in London and reed
not excite apprehension on tho part OF MIR.